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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 26 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 27 No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. Notes for this amendment: Proposed 9/25/1789 Ratified 5/7/1992 History Article 1, Section 6 | Home...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 3 No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Notes for this amendment: Proposed 9/25/1789 Ratified 12/15/1791 Note | Home | | Constitution | | FAQ | |...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 16 The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration . Notes for this amendment: Proposed 7/12/1909 Ratified 2/3/1913 Note...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 17 The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 18 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 19 The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Notes for this amendment: Proposed 6/4/1919...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 2 A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed . Notes for this amendment: Proposed 9/25/1789 Ratified 12/15/1791 Note | Home | | Constitution | | FAQ | | Topics | |...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 20 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified;...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 21 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 1 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 10 The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Notes for this amendment: Proposed 9/25/1789 Ratified 12/15/1791 Note | Home | | Constitution | | FAQ...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 11 The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. Notes for this amendment:...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 12 The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 13 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction . 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 14 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of...

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U.S. Constitution – Amendment 15 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate...

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U.S. Constitution – Article 4 Section 1 Article 4 – The States Section 1 – Each State to Honor all Others Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in...

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U.S. Constitution – Article 4 Section 2 Article 4 – The States Section 2 – State Citizens, Extradition The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. A Person charged in any State with Treason , Felony, or other Crime, who...

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U.S. Constitution – Article 4 Section 3 Article 4 – The States Section 3 – New States New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more...

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